Analysis of No, Not More Welcome

Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)



No, not more welcome the fairy numbers
Of music fall on the sleeper's ear,
When half awaking from fearful slumbers,
He thinks the full quire of heaven is near --
Than came that voice, when, all forsaken,
This heart long had sleeping lain,
Nor thought its cold pulse would ever waken
To such benign blessed sounds again.

Sweet voice of comfort! 'twas like the stealing
Of summer wind through some wreathed shell --
Each secret winding, each inmost feeling
Of all my soul echoed to its spell.
'Twas whisper'd balm -- 'twas sunshine spoken! --
I'd live years of grief and pain
To have my long sleep of sorrow broken
By such benign blessed sounds again.


Scheme AXAXBCBD EFEFBCBD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111001010 11011011 1111101 1101111011 111111010 1111101 1111111010 11011101 1111011010 11011111 110101110 111110111 11011110 1111101 1111111010 11011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 657
Words 118
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 254
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet singer songwriter and entertainer now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer more…

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